Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:34:01 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: can't do reverse dns with /etc/hosts Message-ID: <20011115123401.I684@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <20011115012039.GA61093@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org>; from anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org on Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 08:20:39PM -0500 References: <20011115012039.GA61093@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org>
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 08:20:39PM -0500, The Anarcat wrote: > Now, I figured that if I put a few entries in /etc/hosts on that router, > it won't really need to consult the DNS anyways. The entries are in > place, but it doesn't work. On a test machine, I discover that bypassing > the nameserver to do reverse queries simply breaks them. Example, with > the nameserver in resolv.conf: > > anarcat@shall[~]% host 10.0.0.1 > 1.0.0.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer foo.anarcat.dyndns.org man host: host - look up host names using domain server that means, there is no looking at the hosts-file. Have you swapped "hosts" and "bind" in /etc/host.conf to see if that works? Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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